"Confused?" Amelia asked while we walked through the garden. The Fates had decided to let us have some time to ourselves, since it's been so long.
"Very confused, actually. How are you alive?" She laughed and shook her head, glancing over the tulips in front of us.
"I'm not alive, neither are you at this state. We're merely in limbo, A.K.A the Fates lair. They've decided to let me stay here for as long as I want. Being out of that necklace is all I've wanted for the last few centuries. Now that I'm free, I'll take anything I can get to being alive. Even if it means being near dead." I moved to stand in front of her with questioning eyes.
"Can't you come back with me? Live on the other side, alive. They'll allow that won't they?" She sighed and sat down on the concrete bench, patting the seat beside of her. I followed suit and looked past the garden at the waterfall as she spoke.
"I wish I could, but it's either limbo or death. I cannot go back, even if I were to try. They want me here for a reason."
"And what's that reason?"
"To become one of them and watch over you." I smiled and I noticed the burning sensation in my throat as my vision blurred from tears.
"Why is it that I'm allowed back and you're not?" She put her arm around my shoulders and squeezed, attempting to comfort and succeeding a little.
"Because you have a destiny that needs to be fulfilled, whereas I have already finished my life on Earth. My years are to be continued out while I'm here." I nodded and wiped away a stray tear that slid down my cheek. "Now that you've seen your future, what do you think?"
"You're the one that showed me, aren't you?" She nodded and grinned.
"You name your daughter after me, how cute." I laughed and sniffled a little.
"I'm kind of shocked that Lash is the one that I'm going to spend my life with. I mean..." I sighed and continued, "I want to spend my life with him, but I didn't think our relationship would withstand twelve years."
"Never question the powers of love, my dear. No matter who you are, you can't deny love. I for one have learned that through my years in the necklace."
"My only question is... when do we get married? Twelve years from now my oldest will be eight, so we'll be married when I'm twenty-two. So how long until he pops the question?" She smirked and looked away from me.
"I cannot give you that information, but how do you even know that he's the one that asks?" I smiled and nodded.
"True, but I think I'm a little more old fashioned than asking him to marry me."
"Just think about it." She whispered, winking at me. "Now we have some more things to discuss." She stood up and signaled her hand for me to follow. We walked back into the room with the Fates and May smiled at me.
"Hello Amazon," I returned the smile. "We have something important to inform you with." I nodded for her to continue. "The future you seen will be non-existent if you don't give up your life of crime."
"What?"
"You heard her," Alyson scowled at me and I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Yes, I did hear her. But why? Why do I have to give it up?"
"If you don't give it up, your relationship with Lash will end. Actually, instead of explaining it, I'll show you." A light flashed and a scene appeared before me. Frankie was fighting with James before she smacked him across the face.
"I told you I'm not raising a child in this kind of environment. So no, I'm not marrying you." Her words hurt him more than the slap did. He stood up, his cheek turning slightly red, and shook his head.
"I'm tired of arguing about this. I'm done here. If you won't marry me, fine. I'll find someone who will love me in return. Goodbye Rockett." James's eyes had lost the devious glint to them and it looked like he had had the life sucked out of him. He walked out of the door leaving Frankie with tears in her eyes.
"I never said I didn't love you," she whispered to herself before walking up the stairs and slamming the door.
"You made Frankie bitter, angrier. She didn't want children anymore but James did. They're relationship ended at this time." May's voice hit my ears.
"Show me when Lash and I break up." I whispered to her and felt wind hit my face as the scene changed. We were now in an alley where Lash was smoking and waiting against the wall of a bank. The brick wall busted and I walked out. My costume was much sluttier and I was wearing stripper heels.
"How many did you kill?" Lash's voice was angry when he saw the blood on my hands run down the bags of money.
"Just five, why does it matter anyway?" My voice wasn't like it normally was. I could tell something inside of me had snapped and made me like this.
"We've talked about this! Dammit Vixen! You promised when she died that you'd cut back!"
"Don't you dare criticize me on this! I didn't plan her death and neither did you! No one could've controlled it!"
"Yes they could have! You could have given up this life and she would be alive right now. We'd have kids instead of being in a loveless marriage."
"Loveless marriage! You call five years of being together loveless? So what, the sex means nothing to you?"
"No it doesn't! It's like you wouldn't even care if I was another man or not!"
"I would prefer another man to you right about now!"
"Screw you, Amazon." With that Lash threw his wedding band on the ground and walked away. He stopped and turned back around, looking my elder self straight in the eye. "I hope this man knows what he's getting himself into when he chooses to be with you."
"I've seen enough." I said loudly before I turned around. "Who dies?" All of them looked away. "Who dies?" I yelled this time, making a few of them flinch. Alyson didn't have anything mean to say, but she had sympathy in her eyes.
"Bobby." Evangeline whispered.
"H-how?" I asked, my voice cracking.
"The cops blew up the building she was in and she fell back onto a broken board. It went right through one of her lungs and killed her instantly." The tears slid down my face as I closed my eyes.
"She dies, because of me." I composed myself and ran a hand through my hair. "I'll do it, I'll give it up."
"There's something we need you to do." I nodded.
"Anything."
"Promise to not use your powers for offense, just defense."
"Got it."
"But she's allowed to use her telekinesis for certain things right?" Amelia asked, winking.
"What she does in the bedroom-"
"Whoa no!" I interrupted May shaking my head. "She meant things like levitating objects to me instead of standing up."
"Oh, of course." I nodded, my face still red with embarrassment.
"Are you ready to go back?" Alyson asked, lifting her hood over her head. The others followed suit and clasped their hands together.
"Yes." I hugged Amelia one last time.
"I can still talk to you, you know. It's not the end for me."
"Just don't annoy me to no end." We both laughed as the light flashed in front of my eyes. I could feel the pain from the slice in my chest and I could hear faint voices.
"She can't be dead, she lived through the coma!" Lash's voice pleaded.
"Man, you have to realize, she might not be coming back. I'm sorry." Speed said, I could imagine him sitting his hand on Lash's shoulder. I took in a big intake of breath as my eyes snapped open.
"Thank you, God!" Lash shouted before hugging me.
"So what happened?" Lash asked as we stood on my balcony. He had his arm around my waist, holding onto me tightly.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." He smirked and cocked his eyebrow.
"Try me." I laughed and shook my head.
"Maybe another day."
"It must've been something really important to make you give up this life."
"Yeah, it was. I saw a much better life. I got to see my future."
"You did, huh?"
"Yes, I did." He laughed and kissed my cheek.
"So did you marry someone up to your standards?"
"Actually, he was past my standards."
"Uh huh. So can I know about what all you saw?"
"No... It's a surprise." I ran into the room, Lash on my tail.
"Now that's not fair!"
"It's completely fair in my mind!" 'I'd pick Lash over villainy any day.' I thought to myself while running from him.
'I would too.' Amelia's voice entered my mind and I grinned.
'Glad to see your back.'
'I'm here whenever you want me to be.'
I don't know how many more chapters I have left, but this is NOT the end. I repeat NOT THE END! I'll have to get everything in order soon.
P.S. No update tomorrow- Wisdom teeth are getting removed. Wish me luck.
Hope that you liked this chapter.
Review thanks to:
SailorBoo,
InkShaper- We shall learn about the child either in the end of the third or beginning of the fourth haha. and actually, Warren might find out in my third story. I'm still debating on putting him in or not. Lol. And as for Will- I don't have any revenge planned... yet. It might change.,
and RandomRiter.
-Cwarnic93
